Baking & Snack - June 2005 - 14

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Appeals court rejects Uncrustables patent

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected an effort by J.M.
Smucker Co. to patent its process for making Uncrustables sandwiches. The
Orrville, OH, company
makes its sandwiches
without a crust using
a crimping method
that the company said
should be protected
from duplication by federal law. Patent examiners at the US Patent and Trademark Office did not concur, concluding the crimped
edges are similar to those on ravioli or pie.
Smucker owns a general patent for
Uncrustables, purchased from Len Kretchman and David Geske in 1995. The two
men from Fargo, ND, had been baking the

products for schoolchildren. Smucker was
seeking additional patents for its method
of making the sandwiches.
The original patent also is
under review. Smucker
asked Albie's Foods of
Gaylord, MI, to stop
producing
readymade peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches
for a school district. In 2001, Albie's went
to a federal judge and then the patent office
to invalidate Smucker's original patent.
Smucker expressed disappointment
with the decision but said it would not
have an impact on the company's financial performance, either in the short run
or the long run.

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Cereal Ingredients,
Inc., a privately held,
employee-owned
specialty ingredients
manufacturer, moved
to a new facility in
Leavenworth,
KS,
and celebrated the
headquarters' grand opening in May.
The move doubles the production capacity and allows the company to respond
to its customers' needs more quickly
and more efficiently. In addition to
the corporate headquarters, the new
facility houses R&D, administrative and
sales operations.

Founded in 1990 by Robert Hatch
(pictured third from right at the grand
opening) to research, develop and market
new ingredients, the company produces
food particulates that add flavor, texture
and color to baked foods, mixes and RTE
cereals using patented product-andprocess technology.

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